Franconian Switzerland

(Fränkische Schweiz) – a favorite with early 19th century poets who gave a name that stuck, this karst region is world renowned for its climbing and has some beautiful caves

37km

Bamberg

Place in Bavaria, Germany

38km

Bayreuth

Place in Bavaria, Germany

65km

Augsburg

Place in Bavaria, Germany

81km

Munich

city in Bavaria, Germany

111km

Ulm

Place in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

144km

Memmingen

town in Bavaria, Germany

146km

Kunsthalle Nürnberg

Has rotating art exhibitions, hours & prices vary.

92m

St. Lorenz, Nuremberg

Mostly built in the 15th century and now part of the Evangelical or Lutheran church of Germany, Lorenzkirche forms the focus of the south-side old town. It's dominated within by the 18m tall Tabernacle, a gothic spire made circa 1493 by Adam Kraft, with himself as one of three figures holding it up. (Find more of his work across the river in St Sebaldus, in the Germanische Nationalmuseum, and in Ulm.) Note also the stained glass windows, and Veit Stoss' "Annunciation" (Engelsgruss) suspended high over the altar.

587m

Nuremberg Transport Museum

museum

1.0km

Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds

Soon after they came to power in 1933 the Nazis chose Nuremberg as the place for their annual party rallies. They planned a set of gigantic buildings here, few of which were built. Start at the Documentation Centre for the story of how the Nazis rose to power, their grasp of modern media and propaganda techniques, the organisation of the party rallies and wider mass agitation, and the connections between that and their crimes against minorities and plunge into World War 2. The Documentation Center is in the north wing of the Congress Hall (Kongresshalle), one of the few planned constructions that did get built. Although the rally grounds cover a wide area, there's little else to see here other than the reviewing stand at the Zeppelin field. The "Große Straße" which was the spine of the rally grounds is now just a modern road. Note you can also get here on S-2 to Dutzendteich; other S-bahn trains run through this station but don't stop.

3.5km

Palace of Justice, Nuremberg

After World War II, this site was chosen for trials of the Nazi high command, partly for Nuremberg's symbolic role in Nazism, but chiefly because the Palace of Justice was undamaged and contained a prison block. Charges were brought both against individuals, and against entire organisations such as the SS and Gestapo. The permanent exhibition tells the story of this and subsequent trials, eg of collaborating doctors and judges, and of officers of the individual concentration camps. It shows how these trials established many present day principles of international law and morality, eg the legal concept of genocide, and the Helsinki Principles on medical experimentation. Courtroom 600, where the trials were held, is still used today for serious crimes, so it can only be visited if no trial is in progress.

3.9km

Fürth

town in Bavaria, Germany

9.3km

Franconia

German region

35km

Lech (river)

river in Austria and Germany

54km

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

town in Germany

100km

town Hall

building in Frickenhausen am Main

111km

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

town in Bavaria, Germany

143km

Neuschwanstein Castle

palace in Bavaria, Germany

144km

Alpsee

lake in Ostallgäu, Bavaria, Germany

145km

Säuling

mountain

145km

Kreuzherrenkloster

146km

Antoniterkloster Memmingen

German monestary

147km

Alatsee

lake in Germany

147km